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Patented March 29, 1870.

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. Letters Patent No. 101,336, dated M a-rch 29, 1870.

COFFEE-POT.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN P. WILLIAMS, of Mobile, in the county of Mobileand State of Alabama, have invented a new and improved Coffee-Pot; andI(lo-hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawingforming part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvement in coffeepots, and consists in'anarrangement with the exterior vessel of ordinary construction of. aninner cofleeholder, from which the water of the outer vessel may be soseparated that it may be kept in a boiling condition while that in thecofi'ee-holder is in a fit state for use, the boiling water being forcedinto the ooifeeholder only when there is sufficient steam in the outervessel to convey it through a tube extending from below thesteam-surface to the coffee-holder at the top, from which it may bepourd for use, while the water boils in the said exterior vessel.

The drawing represents a sectional elevation of my improved cofiee-pot.

A is the exterior vessel for holding and boiling the water.

B is the inner cotfee-holder.

It is connected to andsnspended from the top of vessel A, and has ascrew-plug, O, screwing down into a large opening into it through thetop of the vessel A, steam-tight.

' It is provided with a strainer, D, near the bottom, and may have otherstrainers, E 1 supported in any way between the top and bottom.

G is a tube opeuinginto this ooii'ee-holder near the top, and extendingdown in the vessel A near the bot tom.

H is a pipe, leading from the bottom of the holder B out through thevessel A, for pouring the cofi'ee.

I is the tube or opening for pouring the water into the vessel A.

It is provided with a plug, K, screwing in steamtight, and has astop-cock, L, for permitting the .escape of the steam when required.

The coffee being placed in the holder B and the water in the vessel Aand steam generated, the water from the bottom will be forced by thepressure of the steam through the pipe G into the holder with thecofi'ee, where the infusion will take place with little or no agitationof the water by boiling, so that the coffee may be drawn on in a settledand fit state for use while the wa ter boils in the vessel A.

Moreover, the steam cannot escape, unless permitted by turning the cockL, and the loss of aroma caused thereby in the pot as commonly arranged,is prevented.

No danger of explosion-by the steam exists, because of the passagethrough the pipes G H, and the hold- Witnesses J OHN W. YOUNAN, T. J.Tonnaus.

